So far, India reported 36,652 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 9,644,529. As many as 140,216 people have died of the disease till now. as per data from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW).
India’s total COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 4,09,689 on Saturday according to the Union health ministry.
The ministry said that the present active caseload comprises 4.26% of the total positive cases, and new recoveries have led to a net decline of 6,393 in the total active cases, the ministry said in a statement.
Four days after reporting over 5,000 Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra on Saturday reported 4,922 cases and 95 deaths. With this, the total cases in the state stood at 18,47,509, and the fatalities rose to 47,694. The state had been reporting over 100 deaths for the last three days, but the trend was broken on Saturday.
Haryana recorded 1,557 new coronavirus cases, 2,551 recoveries, and 25 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to State Health Department.
Assam reported 157 new #COVID19 cases and 163 discharges on December 5, says Govt. of Assam
The tally of COVID-19 cases in Punjab rose to 1,55,424 on Saturday with 644 new cases of the infection, while 23 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,905, officials said. There are 7,727 active COVID-19 cases in the state, as of now, according to a medical bulletin.
Bihar’s Covid-19 tally rose to 2.38 lakh on Saturday as 573 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. Five more patients succumbed to the infection, pushing the state’s coronavirus death toll to 1,292, it said.
Here’re some more updates:
*A plea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of “exorbitant” amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19.
*MASKS WORK & COST EFFECTIVE—within 20 days after becoming mandatory face masks, new infections lowered by 45% in Germany.
*Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID19 vaccinations in Moscow starting from Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunisation effort.
*The CDC is urging Americans to postpone unnecessary, holiday travel. If we can all hang in there for a little while longer, we will be able to mitigate this surge in COVID19 cases.
*The Oxford team behind a successful COVID19 vaccine candidate are close to entering the final stage of human trials in their jab against malaria.
